Alternative Learning Schools in Texas

Austin Alternative Learning Center

• The Austin Alternative Learning Center is located in East Austin and services students who have been removed from a traditional classroom environment. Removals can be instigated because of behavioral problems, drug use, fights and truancy. Students are required to wear white shirts and pants with a belt, and can stay at the school from two weeks to a full semester. The school is attached to the East Austin Boys and Girls Club.

  Alternative Learning Center
  901 Neal St
  Austin, Tx 78702
  512 414-2554

Learning Alternative Center for Empowering Youth

• The Learning Alternative Center for Empowering Youth, known as LACEY, is an alternative school for middle school students in grades 6-8 in the Dallas Independent School District. The school focuses on small class size, with only thirty teachers on campus. Students are required to wear a uniform with shirt colors designated by grade level.

  Learning Alternative Center for Empowering Youth (LACEY)
  4949 Village Fair Dr., Dallas, TX 75224
  972-925-7000

Under the Umbrella

• Under the Umbrella is an alternative learning school servicing elementary age students in Plano, Texas. The school specializes in children with learning disabilities, focusing on students with autism, sensory needs, ADD/ADHD and auditory and cognitive processing challenges. The school utilizes language and social skills development in a setting similar to a classroom. The school also offers one on one teaching.

  Under the Umbrella
  3016 Communications Parkway, Suite 200
  Plano, TX 75093
  214-603-6049.